HOOFERS from the National Youth Dance Company of Scotland are travelling 10,000 miles to collaborate and create with Canberra’s Quantum Leap youth dance ensemble. A triple bill of contemporary dance, “Ten Thousand Miles” is the result. At The Q, Queanbeyan, 5pm Sunday, April 17. Bookings to theq.net.au or 6285 6290.

IN Bengali, “Mohona” means estuary, but in Canberra it’s a musical trio made up of vocalist Robin Guda, percussionist Andrew Purdam and instrumentalist-composer Nitya Parker, soon to perform “Gentle Rain”, a “Wednesday Lunchtime Live” concert exploring the integration of Eastern and Western music, notably in Parker’s suite “Gentle Rain from Lake Tuggeranong”. At the Wesley Music Centre, 20 National Circuit, Forrest. Entry $5 or donation; no bookings required.

NOW in its 6th year, the You Are Here festival (April 13-17) is dedicated to showcasing emerging and established artists, developing new work, and engaging with unconventional spaces in Canberra’s CBD (including shopfronts, cafes, old nightclubs, bathtubs and even a boat). All events but two are free. Details at youareherecanberra.com.au

PHOTOGRAPHER William Yang is one of Australia’s greatest storytellers whose work takes audiences through his heritage and family relationships using monologues injected with humour and slide projections of his prolific photographic work. He’ll be here with his show “Blood Links” at the Canberra Theatre’s Courtyard Studio until April 23, bookings to canberratheatrecentre or 6275 2700.

MEGALO Print Studio + Gallery is showcasing the unusual collaborative project “Bonsai Print” in which four bonsai artists and five emerging printmakers have been working together. Trees will be replaced throughout the duration of the show, thus altering the exhibition each week. At 21 Wentworth Avenue, Kingston, until April 30 (Tuesday-Saturday, 9.30am-5pm).

ORIANA Chorale, directed by Peter Young, will commemorate the coming 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death (around April 23) in “How Sweet the Music”, a mix of song and words, with soloists Alan Hicks and Christina Wilson. At University House, 5pm, Sunday, April 17. Bookings via trybooking.com/KOCS

AFTER obviously premature rumours of its demise, it was a pleasant surprise to receive an email from Manning Clark House telling of two coming events, a talk by Dr Libby Connors about frontier warrior Dundalli at 6pm, Friday, April 22 and the annual Dymphna Clark Lecture by author Drusilla Modjeska at 6pm, Thursday, April 28. Both at 11 Tasmania Circle, Forrest. More information at 0419 369206.